Basket-handle.



F ci BASKET HANDLE. APPLICATION FItED MAR. IB. 1917.

m7599670 Patented Jan. 29, 1918.

WITNESSES FRANCIS c. Bnnrnam?, or PORTLAND, NEW Yomz.

BASKET-HANDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led March 16, 1917. Serial No. 155,348,

To all whom zv't may concern Be it known that I, FRANCIS C. BERTRAM,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Chautauqua and State ofy New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Basket-Handles, of which the following is a speciication.

This invention relates to basket handles and it includes the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.`

An objectof the invention is to provide a handle of simple and durable structure especially adapted to be used upon small baskets as for instance grape baskets and which not only serves the function as a means for carrying the basket but also serves as means for securely holding the cover in a closed position thereon.

With this object in view the handle is in the form of a single piece of material preferably resilient wire and includes an intermediate grip portion with converging side portions, the said side portions at their lower ends merging into outwardly disposed loops,

the lower portions of which are slightly curved in`order that they may. engage inl staples applied to the sides of the basket body and which serve to hold the handles connected with the said staples. The converging side portions of the handle may be used for directing the cover in position upon the upper edge ofthe body of the basket and the edge portions of the said cover may enter the loops whereby the cover is eectually held in position upon the top edge of the body of theY basket.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view of a basket showing the handle applied;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary plan view. of the same showing parts in sectlon.

As illustrated in the accompanying drawing, the basket body 1 is bf the usual configuration and is provided at its opposite sides and at its upper edges with staples 2. A cover 3 is arranged to close over the upper edge of the basket body 1 and the said cover may be provided at its 'side edges with notches 4.

The handle is made `'from a single piece of spring or resilient wire and includes an intermediate grip portion 5 with converging side portionsl 6. The portionsl at their lower ends merge into outwardly disposed loops 7 and the lowersides of the said loops are downwardly curved at their ends as at 8. When the handle is applied to the basket body 1 the side portions 6 are spread with relation to each other and the curved ends 8 are inserted through the staples 2. The said side portions 6 of the handle are then released and the lower ends thereof move toward each other whereby the staples 2 are Patented Jan. 29, 1918.

received in the loops 7 hereinbefore del vIn view of the fact that the sdeportions 6 converge downwardly toward each other when it is desired to apply the cover 3 to .the body 1 one edge of the said cover may be inserted in one of the loops 7 and then theopposite edge of the said cover is moved down along the opposite side portions 6 whereby the said side portion is spread with relation to that loop which receives the opposite edge of the said cover. When the edge of the cover arrives at the loop 7 which has been temporarily displaced the resiliency nt the handle comes into play whereby the last mentioned loop moves toward the first men# ing, it will be seen that a basket handle of simple and durable structure is provided and that the same not only serves as means for carrying tl'e basket but also serves as'means for securely holding the cover in position at the top edge of the body of the basket.

Having described the invention what is claimed is:-v

In combination with a basket body provided at its sides with staples, and a cover having at its opposite sides notches, a basket handle comprising a siizigle piece of resilient materlal having an intermediate grlp portion and. converging sie portions, the lowery ends of the said side portions merging into 5 outwardly disposed loops 'which engage through the said staples, fche lower portions of *rho seid loops being downwardly curveol,`

the notches of 'the cover being eapte to receive the outer portions of the loops when the cover is in position upon the top edge of the basket body.

ln tessimony whereof l aix my signature.

renners o. BERTRAM. 

